McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), today released its 2009 Construction Outlook, which forecasts a drop in overall U.S. construction starts for next year, as the tough funding environment continues, construction projects are deferred, and financial stress gradually eases. Against this backdrop, the level of construction starts in 2009 is expected to [...]

Burnham Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer of boilers, furnaces, radiators, air conditioning systems, and related accessories for residential, commercial and industrial applications, today reported its financial results for the period ended September 28, 2008.
Third quarter and year-to-date sales were $62.9 million and $149.8 million, respectively. Prior year third quarter and year-to-date sales were $59.8 million [...]

Kyocera Solar, Inc. announced its role as the sole supplier of photovoltaic modules for the solar electric system at the Gatorade manufacturing and distribution facility in Tolleson, Ariz., the state’s largest solar energy initiative. The planned installation of a 500-kilowatt (kW) system to provide electricity to the 797, 000 square-foot Gatorade site will use solar [...]

Up-front costs and lack of federal incentives remain obstacle to strong growth
Driven by consumer concerns over climate change and rising electricity prices, the U.S. small wind turbine market grew 14% and deployed 9.7 megawatts (MW) of new power generating capacity in 2007, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its annual small wind [...]

Hitachi Power Tools announced the partnership with Yates Racing, sponsoring the No. 28 entry with driver Travis Kvapil for a total of six races in the remaining NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule. The primary sponsorship will debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27th and the race will mark the first time Hitachi Power Tools [...]

Perini Building Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perini Corporation (NYSE: PCR), said it has been awarded a $1.2 billion construction contract to build Terminal 3 at McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, NV.
The project, which is expected to commence in August 2008, includes a new terminal building with an elevated roadway structure fronting the facility, [...]

SolarPower Restoration Systems announced today, under an exclusive global product license agreement, T.Clear Corporation will manufactured and distributed their T.Clear SOLAR LG LIGHTGUARD® and SOLAR HG HEAVYGUARD® Protected Membrane Roof (PMR) insulation panels based on SolarPower Restoration’s SolarSeal Technologies™ “Surface Overlay” and “Power Island Systems” design.
“This new partnership combines the roofing industry’s well-known T.Clear LIGHTGUARD® [...]

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) (“McDermott” or the “Company”), announced today that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. has entered into a joint venture with a subsidiary of state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (“CSIC”).
The joint venture company, Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan Offshore Engineering Company Ltd. (“McDermott Wuchuan”), plans to establish a new facility on over 111 [...]

China Architectural Engineering, Inc. (CAE) (NASDAQ:CAEI ), a leader in the design, engineering, fabrication and installation of high-end building envelope systems, today announced that Wang Xin, former CFO of the Company, has been appointed as the Company’s interim CFO, to replace Xin Yue Jasmine Geffner, who has decided to leave CAE for personal reasons, effective [...]

Brazil is still one of the world’s biggest producers of machinery and equipment. In the first six months of 2007 the sector recorded growth of 10% in revenues compared with the same period last year. This is the scenario setting the optimistic tone for the 27th International Machinery and Industrial Supplies Trade Fair, the most [...]

Rear Admiral Kevin McCoy of the US Navy, and Rear Admiral Bob Love, CVF Team Leader, Ministry of Defence head the international line up of speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK and USA at the 9th International Naval Engineering Conference (INEC 2008) being held in Hamburg, Germany 1-3 [...]

No sooner does Coverings put the wraps on one of its most successful tile and stone expositions and conferences to date, than it already is preparing for the 2008 edition, which returns to familiar turf in Orlando and the Orange County Convention Center, April 29 to May 2. Plans are well underway and organizers report [...]